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Widowed by Insecurity, Women Struggle to Remarry in Borno State, North-East Nigeria.
Barriers hinder women from remarrying. Data on Nigeria report more than 10,000 women widowed since Boko Haram conflict in 2009. During the insurgency, hundreds of young men from Borno state were arrested, abducted, or forced to join the insurgents.
Brutal insurgents force recently resettled internally displaced persons to flee from their hometown again
Farmers send their families back to Maiduguri to ensure they are safe as attacks and kidnappings escalate in Gadayi village in Borno State’s Nganzai area
11 more farmers killed, despite assurances of beefed up security
One farmer survived but was seriously wounded in the attack on Kawuri village in the Konduga Local Government Area on Monday, July 31. He is being treated in Maiduguri Teaching Hospital.
The fate of refugees remains uncertain as tension between Niger and Nigeria escalates
If the relationship between Nigeria and Niger continues to deteriorate there will be no place for the refugees to stay, says analyst
Borno State begins door-to-door drugs campaign to eliminate malaria
Health ministry confirms that as many as 500 people in Borno State are diagnosed with malaria every day during the rainy season
Thousands of ‘stateless’ internally displaced persons urgently need to get birth certificates
Addressing low birth registration rates, especially of displaced people, is the only way to prove their entitlement to citizenship and associated rights, such as the right to stay in the country
Notorious Marlian gang: Governor orders immediate crackdown to stop savage attacks
Video of Marlian gang members clubbing, stabbing and killing a police officer shocks Borno State citizens
Prohibitive fuel prices are slaughtering one of the largest cattle markets in Nigeria
Kasuwan Shanu cattle market in Maiduguri in Borno State has been described as a ghost of what it once was as the high cost of living takes its toll on Nigerians
Starvation plagues internally displaced persons who often go to bed with empty bellies
The exorbitant cost of food has resulted in a change of eating habits among IDPs – most eat only one meal a day but many go to bed without even that
Nigeria on high alert as anthrax confirmed on a mixed livestock farm Niger State
Even remote and insecure hard-to-reach areas in Borno State will be covered as countrywide anthrax vaccination campaign starts in earnest
Education is a basic human right, not a privilege
After 14 years of conflict, thousands of internally displaced children – particularly girls – are missing out on schooling
